Laura is 16 yrs old and she rides Royal at the 4-H shows. She's
shown above winning the blue at the P&B Ranch in Colden, NY , it was the
2010 Spring Fling 4-H Show sponsored by the 4-H Horse Leaders.

Allison's presentation for the CNY
Morgan Horse Club

Spotlight on New York Morgan Youth

Caution!
These young women are on their way to becoming the new backbone of the
Morgan breed! From left, Rebecca Knowles, Cora Payne, and Anna Gallegos.
Not pictured with an attractive cone was Victoria Weaver, but you can
see her on her horse, Kitty.

Tori Weaver with Aquarian Ecstacy (Kitten) who is now 21 years old and
has been showing at the NY show since she was a weanling.

Rebecca, Cora, Anna, and Victoria participated in the Youth of the Year
Contest at the Regional New York Show in Syracuse this September. The
four of them began the competition with the judging event, led by Steve
Davis of UVM. They went on to ride an equitation pattern judged by Coby
Holowacz of Vintage Valley. The next day they did their presentation s
on the topic of helping horses in need of rescue, and they did the
written test: which was generally enjoyed by adults and not the actual
testers. Go figure!

As it worked out, each of the four young women had slightly different
strengths which they brought to the competition. Rebecca scored the
highest overall on her equitation and her judging; Cora Payne scored the
highest overall for the Walk/Trotters; Victoria Weaver scored the
highest overall for her presentation; and Anna Gallegos scored the
highest overall on her written test. Championship ribbons went out to
Rebecca, our Senior; Anna, our Junior; Cora, one of our Walk/Trotters;
and Victoria, Reserve Champion Walk/Trot.

Hopefully, all four girls will hone their skills throughout the year and
return next year -- Rebecca will soon be old enough to compete for the
scholarship! Better yet, as the years go by, these girls will have the
opportunity to forge lasting friendships -- great for the girls, great
for their horses, great for the breed!

Anna Gallegos shares a chuckle with Aquarius After Dark (above)

If you've news, notes or photos that you'd like to share regarding our young
club members - please send them along to
vlow@rochester.rr.com. We're happy to share what's going on!8/20/2012 - Hello fellow morgan enthusiasts!

Just got this from Sally Conkling
I wanted to share this photo of my granddaughters, Kelly (on the left)
and 22 month old Ailene Donovan on Kelly's horse, Cherrydale Sudden
Impact (Suds). Suds has spent the local show season at Trinity Farm in
Broadalbin where Kelly takes lessons from Suzanne Haberek and her staff.
Looks like Ailene is going to be a Morgan rider, too.

This past meeting we practiced many things. We started the meeting off
with a vote. We have also been collecting the UPC tags off the feed bags
to raise money for a charitable horse organization. After raising about
$100, we decided to donate half to a Morgan rescue and the other half to
a therapeutic riding program.

Afterwards, we went over what all of us had to do to finish our youth
achievement levels. Congratulations Emma on passing Woodbury!

We have also been collecting the UPC tags off the feed bags to raise
money for a charitable horse organization. After raising about $100, we
decided to donate half to a Morgan rescue and the other half to a
therapeutic riding program.

Next we each got a horse and got to work. We quickly groomed and put on
bridles. Before riding, we worked on how to fit and show a horse. We
practiced turning, posing and standing so the judge could always see
your horse.

Afterwards, we went into the barn again and put saddles on. We rode up
to the outdoor ring where we worked on lots of dressage. All of us
worked on making our transitions more clean, as well as memorizing the
dressage letters.